| Bugreporter | |
| Sep 14 2025, 4:29 PM |
Per T89947: Move special page alias translations to JSON, JSON is a translatewiki-friendly format.
Similar to T404520: Convert extension xxx.alias.php to JSON, but this is for MediaWiki core: see individual files in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki/browse/master/languages/messages/.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T11968 Reduce use of global and public variables | |||
| Open | None | T159283 Deprecate non-configuration globals | |||
| Stalled | None | T220756 Drop support for wgExtensionMessagesFiles | |||
| Stalled | None | T220757 Deprecate use of wgExtensionMessagesFiles in favour of wgMessagesDirs and others | |||
| Declined | None | T109235 Re-enable Special:AdvancedTranslate on translatewiki.net | |||
| Open | Feature | None | T42707 Support special page aliases, namespaces and magic word translations of MediaWiki core and extensions in Special:Translate | ||
| Open | None | T220759 Provide an alternative to wgExtensionMessagesFiles for non-message i18n | |||
| Open | None | T404521 Convert core special page aliases in MessagesXxx.php to JSON |
The task description could use more detail on the MediaWiki core side. The existing $specialPageAliases definitions are distributed across many MessagesXxx.php files under languages/messages/, so this is not simply a direct conversion of one file to JSON. The expected JSON location/structure and how core should load these aliases after the migration should be clarified.
We already had a parallel for extensions (see https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/977085) which is currently used in two extensions (TwnMainPage and TranslationNotifications). See T404520 for converting other extensions.